Guilty pleas among Indigenous people in Canada / Angela Bressan and Kyle Coady.: J4-62/2018E-PDF

"The overrepresentation of Indigenous people in custody is a serious challenge that confronts Canada’s justice system. One factor that may contribute to this overrepresentation is a higher rate of guilty pleas among Indigenous people. The Research and Statistics Division at the Department of Justice Canada interviewed justice system professionals to explore the circumstances under which Indigenous people plead guilty"--Executive summary, p. 5.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Department of Justice.
Title Guilty pleas among Indigenous people in Canada / Angela Bressan and Kyle Coady.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Earlier edition Guilty pleas among Indigenous people in Canada
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in HTML format.
Issued also in French under title: Plaidoyers de culpabilité par des Autochtones au Canada.
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Department of Justice Canada, 2018.
Author / Contributor Bressan, Angela.
Coady, Kyle.
Description 24 p.
ISBN 9780660278223
Catalogue number
  • J4-62/2018E-PDF
Subject terms Aboriginal peoples
Criminal justice
Pleas of guilty
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